[Greenbuilding] Tip of the day - recycled insulation

[Clarke Olsen]

    I did a whole house slab with the tear-off from the local college  
re-roofing.
   You don't have to be there to get that stuff though, on a big job  
someone will
    put it up for sale.
    Clarke Olsen

On Apr 17, 2008, at 2:37 PM, Stephen Thwaites wrote:
> In the spirit of recycling patio doors........
>
> Last year we had a relatively small section of flat roof  re-roofed.
> It turned out the old roof was insulated with 1 1/2" extruded  
> polystyrene.
> It further turned out that it was done in a manner way that a good  
> chunk of
> it was salvagable.
> Although drizzled w/ tar, we're looking forward to using it below  
> the slab
> of an addition.
> So if you're looking for an inexpensive source of insulation check  
> w/ some
> local roofers...........
>
>
>
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